/ At least four people have died in some of the worst flooding the country has seen in decades. /

/ Nadi, Datt said this flood is the worst so far after 40-50 farm houses including sugarcane farms were underwater and damaged by the swift currents.

Ba, Meanwhile Advisory Councillor Moto, Arun Sharma says around 30% of 130,000 tonnes of cane in the Moto and Naloko areas are damaged due to the flood waters and strong winds.

Nausori, A resident Roneel Narayan said this flood is the worst compared to the previous floods he has experienced. /

Indonesia SINKING:

/ The rain which flushed the City Edge for four hours, from 10:00 pm until 14:00 pm, Sunday (1/4) yesterday, making a number of flooded areas.Even the floods in the intersection of four Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim - AW Way Sjahranie, Village North Sempaja, District of North Samarinda, reaches a height of one meter. /

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Ecuador:

/ Floods leave 30 dead in Ecuador and thousands evacuated. Heavy rains have left Ecuador suffered 30 dead, 84,000 evacuated people affected and 4,700 so far this year, according to a report released today by the National Risk Management (Civil Defense). /

(CNN) -- Severe flooding in the Pacific island nation of Fiji has killed four people and left 800 people seeking shelter in evacuation centers, a government official said Monday.

Tropical Cyclone Daphne has lashed Fiji's largest and most populous island, Viti Levu, with strong winds and heavy rain.

The Fiji Meteorological Service said Monday that it was maintaining its severe flood warning for "all major rivers, streams and low lying areas" on the island.

Sharon Smith Johns, the Fiji government's information secretary, said she was touring the affected areas with the prime minister, Voreqe Bainimarama. She said some people had started to try to move back to their homes.

The extreme weather has disrupted both internal and external travel. Authorities on Sunday suspended inbound flights to Nadi International Airport because nearby roads were flooded. The suspension was lifted Monday but remained subject to review.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade advised its country's citizens planning to fly into the airport "to reconsider their need to travel."

People in flood-ravaged Fiji have begun returning home after spending several days in evacuation centres.

At least four people have died in some of the worst flooding the country has seen in decades.

But the worst may not be over, with more heavy rain predicted tomorrow after a tropical cyclone formed this afternoon.

Tafazul Gani, a correspondent for a Fijian magazine, says many of the island's residents are struggling to cope.

"A lot of people are thinking 'what do we do next? How do we cope?' And having two floods in a matter of a couple of days, a lot of people they don't have basically anything," he said.

Mr Gani is in one of the worst affected areas of Nadi. He says flood damage there is extensive.

"Basically, if you look at the town, the town is totally decimated. It actually looks like a warzone," he said.

"There is not a single shop in the town which has not been affected. Some shops actually have nothing left, everything that was in the shop, the counter, the merchandise, everything got washed away."

But floodwaters have now begun to drop and the clean up has started.

Tourist flights into Nadi have resumed but power is still cut off in many areas.

Fiji government spokeswoman Sharon Johns says the extent of damage is still being assessed.

"It's quite extensive. In Nadi town, shops in Nadi town, the floodwaters went right through that," she said.

"The bridge hasn't been damaged but the infrastructure around the bridge, you can see, electricity's out, water's out. There is quite a lot of damage here." Returning home

Over the past few days about 8,000 people sought refuge in evacuation centres.

Ms Johns says some have now started to return home.

"It hasn't rained up here at all in the last 12 hours, which is great. So people are actually starting to return to their homes," she said.

"I was just at an evacuation centre in Nadi where there was a four-day-old baby and her mother, and they were all doing very well.

"They're being well looked after that, rations are getting to them. We're ... organising water sterilisers for the children especially.

"So evacuation centres we would expect that to decrease slowly over the coming days." New threat

After massive rainfall over the past 72 hours, Fijians are bracing for more rain after Tropical Cyclone Daphne formed on Monday afternoon.

Nadraki Weather Centre spokesman Neville Koop says some of the western parts of the country have copped up to 800 millimetres of rain.

He says there is a chance of further flooding.

"The $64 question is how much rain? And the answer to that lies in how long the rain band stays over Fiji," he said.

"At this stage, my best estimate is about 10 to 12 hours. And if we assume an average rain rate of about 15 millimetres an hour in this sort of system, we have around about 150 to 180 millimetres potential rainfall.

"So there's certainly the possibility that this rain may push the rivers back into flood situation later tomorrow."

Tourist flights into Fiji were stopped last night but most airlines have resumed all services.

Australia has offered $1 million in aid to Fiji for water sanitation, blankets and other supplies.

SAMARINDA - The rain which flushed the City Edge for four hours, from 10:00 pm until 14:00 pm, Sunday (1/4) yesterday, making a number of flooded areas.Even the floods in the intersection of four Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim - AW Way Sjahranie, Village North Sempaja, District of North Samarinda, reaches a height of one meter.Chairman of the Sub Sempaja RT 24 North, Herman said, the flooding began at 12.30 pm.According to him, flooding allegedly caused by coal mining around Sempaja.Excavation of sand from the former mine has caused sedimentation in the drainage.He said the first trench in Jalan KH Wahid Hashim has a depth of about 2 meters, but now less than 1 meter.In addition, there are no water catchment areas in the vicinity of the flood."Most of the trench filled with garbage, so that water flow is retarded," he explained.He hoped that the ditch on the Noor PM Jalan Jalan KH Wahid inline with Hashim could be created for the new stream up to the Sungai Karang Mumus (SKM).Based on the observation Kaltim Post, at 18.00 pm until the water levels are still high as 50 centimeters.But the flood did not cause a traffic jam due to accidental day off.Meanwhile, Sumaji, a resident of Jalan Wahid Hashim said the cause of flooding due to the City Government still authorize the company to mine coal at a radius of one kilometer from the city center."City Government often promised to handle the flood, but it seems just a greeting.In fact to this day still haunt the floods, "he said.He hoped that the municipal government said in a coal company that is close to the city center.Because the mine excavation that are too close to the city center, there was no infiltration of water in the hills.Maireka Sari, a resident of Housing Puspita Bengkuring confesses his motorcycle broke down because of flooding."Here (in front of the stadium Associate Sempaja, Ed.) Frequent flooding due to shallow and narrow trenches," said the woman who was familiarly called Eka this.Tamrin, furniture and washing motors business is saying, turnover dropped dramatically due to flooding.Usually in a day can reap a turnover of USD 30 million.Because the flooding is only $ 2 to $ 5 million."I am sad to see Samarinda now, if it rains often flood," he said.(* / WDS / * / ozn / * / rom / ran)

QUITO, March 26 (Xinhua) - Heavy rains have left Ecuador suffered 30 dead, 84,000 evacuated people affected and 4,700 so far this year, according to a report released today by the National Risk Management (Civil Defense).

The statistics also report the loss of 34,000 hectares of crops, mainly rice and corn, and the involvement of another 9,000 hectares.

The Coordinating Minister of Production, Santiago Leon reported that the greatest damage was recorded in the coastal provinces of Guayas and Los Rios, who along with four other provinces are in a state of emergency due to flooding caused by heavy storm.

Leon said that has been done every two weeks a census to quantify the damage in the six provinces hit by the rains of the southern winter: El Oro, Manabi, Guayas, Los Ríos, Esmeraldas and Loja.

He added that the aid is coordinated simultaneously for farmers who have lost their crops, once the decrease in rainfall.

"For example, between the aid we have offered are agricultural kits, including seeds, fertilizers and ensure that you can replant," said Leon told reporters after touring the affected areas in the province of Guayas (southwest).

The government has also offered to refinance the debts that keep farmers producing about 1,700 state-owned National Development Bank.

Meanwhile, the National Risk Management (Civil Defense SNGR) began providing a $ 90 bonus for victims who are in shelters, after a census.

"As we have census data of people who are in shelters has begun to distribute the bonus and continues with the people in rural areas," said the head of Maria del Pilar Cornejo SNGR.

In addition, we continue with the delivery of food rations and cleaning and hygienes packages in the most affected areas nationwide, said Cornejo.According to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI) rains will continue until April in the Andean country.

Heavy rains have also destroyed more than a hundred homes and have caused landslides and mudslides in vulnerable locations.

The most recent occurred in the last hours in a room of Pujilí in the Andean province of Cotopaxi, which left two dead and 10 wounded, and 100 homeless, according to local media reports.